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The currency pair USD/JPY went down 0.12% being worth 109.10. At the same time AUD/USD hit 0.7996, slumping 0.07%.
Australia posted its trade balance surplus for July declined abruptly to A$460 billion, versus a surplus of A$875 million observed.
Estimating the US currency’s strength versus a trade-weighted basket of six main currencies, the US dollar index went down 0.03% trading at 92.18.
Overnight, the evergreen buck revived from session minimums against a basket of key currencies because geopolitical tensions in the Korean peninsula relived, while data disclosing American services sector surge rebounded in August lifted market sentiment.
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